16 August 2008

This is the Blastoise papercraft (aka Kamex) made by schlenkster. Blastoise is a water-type pokemon that has the Torrent ability and is the final evolution form for Squirtle/Wartortle. Blastoise can be described as a giant blue turtle with two protruding water cannons on top of its shell.

I've been asked many times about the Samus Aran papercraft that we've posted before and often times they refer to her as Metroid. Hopefully, this post should clear things up a bit. Metroid refers to the gelatinous flying creatures first found on planet SR388 that closely resemble a jellyfish (pictured above), they are said to drain the lifeforce of anything they come in contact with. This Metroid papercraft was made by Charles Bradbury and Shinigami.

Three new paper models from the Wall-E series. First is the VAQ-M papercraft, he is the vacuum robot on board the Axiom, then we've got the PR-T papercraft, she is a beautician robot. As an added bonus, there's also a paper model of the trash cubes that Wall-E was working on in the movie.

The latest from Ninjatoes, Lara Croft and quad bike papercraft. Based on the Tomb Raider 3 PC Game, there's four themes to choose from, pictured above is the Green camouflaged quad bike from the River Ganges level.

14 August 2008

This is the Totodile papercraft from designer Navi. Totodile is a water-type Pokemon that resembles a little blue crocodile with red spikes going down the center of its back. Later on, the Totodile evolves into Croconaw and Feragligatr after that.

Sanrio's Hello Kitty was just here on our sight a few days ago and now they're showcasing a new series with this Shinkansen papercraft train set. Shinkansen refers to the network of high-speed railways and the trains running on them. This set currently has ten, kid-themed paper models of the trains with two more to be released soon.

13 August 2008

It's been a few months now since we first posted about the Kung Fu Panda papercrafts, and since HP (through the Curiosity Group) did an incredible job at it, none had the desire to create their own versions. Until now that is, Chinese designer pwalt has sent a message informing us of his endeavor with this Kung Fu Panda Master Po papercraft. It's a very nice paper model that has a full on 3D detail to it and even comes with a stand.

I'm pretty sure everybody here is familiar with the unfortunate atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. The atomic bombs dropped on those two Japanese cities had code names, "Little Boy" was the one dropped on Hiroshima and "Fat Man" was the one for Nagasaki. Well, someone has created a paper replica of Fat Man and this is the result. This atomic bomb papercraft of Fat Man was sent in by reader Jane T.

12 August 2008

In continuation of moekami's beautiful paper model work, here is the Yukata papercraft. Yukata is not the name of the girl but refers to the Japanese summer garment that she is wearing, its a type of informal / casual kimono made of light cotton and worn on summer events and often after bathing.

This is the official papercraft site for Sakai Heavy Industries Ltd. (Japan). Sakai is the leading manufacturer of vibratory compaction equipment in the world and they currently have eight asphalt roller papercrafts and three soil compactor paper models for you to download. To reader Paul Leech, thanks mate, for sending in the link.

11 August 2008

Full name Kitty White, Hello Kitty is the main mascot for Japanese character design company, Sanrio. She was created in 1974 and is now a global icon. This Hello Kitty papercraft is from designer kooz.

We started small with the Embraer jet series, but now, designer Claudio Dias has gone with the big boys with this Embraer 190 papercraft jet. The Embraer 190 is a 100+ seater commercial jet and part of Embraer's E-Jets lineup.

This bevel gear papercraft is the second part to be released in designer Atom's Paper Clock Project. The bevel gear is a pair of toothed-wheel gear meshed with another to connect unparallel gear shafts.

10 August 2008

Fans of the cute Viva Pinata life simulation video game for the Xbox 360 should enjoy these three Viva Pinata papercrafts made by Flickr user bubblegum01. They include a Ruffian papercraft - they're the menacing Pinata poachers that will mess up your garden, and then there's the mischievous Sour Crowla and Limeoceros papercraft.

Here is a blue Stargate papercraft by Planet StarFreak. It is based on the Stargate tv series and was built by the Ancients (aka Gate Builders), it is located in the Pegasus galaxy and also called the Astria Porta. It's main purpose is to create artificial wormholes between distant worlds and thus making space travel extremely quick. To get to the goods, follow the link below and head to the bottom of their page.Pegasus Stargate Papercraft [Planet StarFreak]

Cubic Character has the conceptual SD FA-78-1 Full Armor Gundam papercraft, I said conceptual because that's as far as this Gundam went. It was designed as a performance upgrade / improvement to the RX-78-2 Gundam under the Full Strike Weapon System program or "FSWS" but never saw construction because of one fatal flaw, it had weight problems. This Gundam papercraft includes a shoulder mounted 60mm vulcan gun, rocket thrusters, and a 2-barrel hand beam gun.

The newest addition to Disney Experience and another epic papercraft model from uber designer Robert Nava, the Mark Twain Riverboat papercraft is a sight to see. Based on an actual Disneyland ride of the same name - located on the Frontierland section of the park, the Mark Twain Riverboat will take you on a gentle cruise on the Rivers of America around Tom Sawyer Island. Built in 1955, this was the first paddlewheeler built in over 50 years. It was built at Disney Studios and had its maiden voyage four days before Disneyland opened to the public for Walt and Lillian Disney's 30th wedding anniversary.Disney Papercraft - Mark Twain Riverboat [Disney Experience]